The young waiter knocked over the red wine by chance, ____ the table cloth.

A. ruined                     B. to ruin              C. having ruined    D. ruining

_______ it with me．I bet, I will do it well．

       A．Leave          B．Leaving         C．If you leave          D．When left

A study shows that students living in non-smoking dormitories are less likely to ________ the habit      of smoking.    A. pick up        B. turn up           C. draw up          D. make up

ARLANDA, Sweden (Reuters Life!) – Many people hate the idea of having to sleep on a plane. But Swedish entrepreneur Oscar Dios thinks they can be persuaded otherwise and he has created a new kind of hostel to prove it.

Dios says it is the world’s first jumbo (unusually large) jet hostel, an actual jet-plane at Sweden’s main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25- room guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.

“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I’ve been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings,” he told Reuters. “I thought, ‘Why not a plane?’”

Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday, giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.”

“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull(殼) – it’s just really, really tight.”

The jet, which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines, was taken out of service in 2002. It is held on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in steel cradles.

One feature of the hostel is its price – a room starts at 350 Swedish crowns (about $ 41), which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.

Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane’s more luxurious honeymoon suite (套房).

Instead of walking down the aisle in the church, lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk,” where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip. The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.

But in some respects this hostel remains a plane – most customers have to share the jet’s nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess outfits. The only room that has its own bathroom is the honeymoon suite.

53．One of the features of the plane hostel is that______ .

       A．customers can sleep in comfortable rooms       B．a(chǎn)ir hostesses can offer good service

       C．a(chǎn) wedding ceremony can be held on the wing     D．the staff can have a “wing walk”

54．We can learn from the text that______ .

       A．the hostel lies at Arlanda airport in Stockholm  B．the jet plane was out of use for over six years

       C．the hostel provides nine bathrooms for customers  D．every hostel room is $ 41 per night

55．The underlined word “tight” means ______  .

       A．crowded   B．tense C．small D．full

56  The purpose of the passage is to______      

    A．introduce a new kind of hostel       B．describe a wonderful place for weddings

       C．prove people can sleep on a plane   D．call on people to make use of the deserted things

第一節(jié) 語音知識（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

1. cushion           A. club              B. drug           C. future         D. push

2. exist             A. exact             B. except           C. excellent      D. explode

3. answer         A. plan              B. sandwich        C. branch         D. rapid

4. pillow           A. allow             B. shower         C. own           D. drown

5. stomach         A. chain             B. chemistry         C. search           D. bench

--- Mum, I don’t want to take the medicine．

--- Oh dear, you should know that good medicine for health ____ to the mouth．

       A．tastes bitter   B．tastes bitterly   C．is tasted bitter       D．is tasted bitterly

I feel uncomfortable each time I remember the situation _______Mary didn’t agree with me _________ the matter.

   A. that; at        B. in which; over      C. which; about   D. where; to               

If you ______ half an hour every day for English reading, you are sure to improve your reading ability.

    A. set aside            B. put away                  C. take up              D. give off

  We often hear the phrase: “You have a greater chance of being struck by lightning. ”It is used to describe something that hasn’t got much chance of happening. However, the common saying undermines（掩蓋）the very real dangers of lightning.

  Last Friday, at least 5 people were killed by lightning in Nepal（尼泊爾）.

  Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year, and of those, 70 people die. That is, more people are killed by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes.

  Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters.

  “If you hear thunder, you are in danger from lightning, ”said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross.

  “Thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any time, so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until the storm has ended. The most important thing to remember is to seek shelter,”Lopes said.

  Summer is the peak time for lightning storms, so when lightning strikes across the sky, remember these safety tips:

  *Stop working, fishing, swimming or playing in open fields.

  *Do not stand under a tree.

  *Get off bicycle and motorcycles.

  *Crouch down（蹲下）if there is no shelter.

  *Avoid open spaces, wire fences, metal objects and electrical objects such as hair driers.

Of the people who are struck by lightning each year in the U.S.A., about ____ people are lucky enough to continue to live.

   A. 400                    B. 330              C. 70                  D. 5

If you hear the thunder, the most important thing you do is to _____.

   A. find shelter to hide in            B. stand still in the open spaces

   C. stand under a tree               D. stop working in the fields

Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. If you hear the thunder, you needn’t move indoors right away.

   B. Fewer than 70 people are killed by tornadoes and hurricanes each year in the U.S.A.

C. People don’t pay as much attention to the danger of lightning as that of floods.

D. Floods are the first most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the U.S.A.  

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major cause of climate change, and now a new study has confirmed that atmospheric CO2 is also affecting the ocean chemistry and potentially harming sea life.

Montana State University scientist Robert Dore has been researching the water in the Pacific Ocean for almost two decades.

“We’ve been going to the same spot in the Pacific Ocean, and we try and characterize long-term change in the open ocean environment. And one of the key things that we measure is CO2 levels. And we’ve been able to record this increasing quantity of atmospheric CO2 into the ocean.”

Scientists expected that as atmospheric CO2 increased, more and more of the carbon dioxide would be absorbed into the ocean, affecting the chemical balance of the sea water, with a potentially harmful impact on shellfish and coral in particular.

“As carbon dioxide dissolves (溶解) in the water, or seawater in this case, it forms a weak acid (酸), carbonic acid, ” Dore explains. “And therefore, as the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere goes up and that exchanges with the surface seawater, it drives the pH down, and makes it more acidic.”

The seawater Dore and his colleagues have analyzed confirms what the theory predicts.

The effect was particular striking at about 250 meters down, and again at 500 meters. Dore and his colleagues came up with two possible explanations. It could be that surface water picked up CO2 and then moved to those depths. Or there could be a biological explanation.

“It’s important to realize that the oceans are really becoming acidic. And it can have negative impacts on a whole variety of sea life from fish to coral. It’s potentially catastrophic.”

68. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Sea Life Facing Danger                                B. Scientist Researching Seawater

C. Oceans Becoming More Acidic                      D. Climate Change Affecting Seawater

69. Which of the following shows the process of the impact of atmospheric CO2 on sea life?

a. Sea life is endangered.                                                                     

b. CO2 goes into the surface water.

c. The ocean chemistry is affected.                                                       

d. CO2 decreases the pH and makes the seawater more acidic.

e. CO2 levels in the atmosphere go up.

A. a→b→c→d→e                                            B. e→b→c→d→a

C. a→e→c→d→b                                            D. e→d→c→b→a

70. Scientist Robert Dore came to the conclusion based on ________.

A. his research and analysis                               B. the expectation of other scientists

C. some former theory   D. a major cause of climate change

71. What does the passage want to tell us most?

A. It takes time to make a scientific study.

B. Atmospheric CO2 is doing harm to sea life.

C. Robert Dore is a committed and serious scientist.

D. Measures should be taken to prevent the potential catastrophe.